1940: Farmers’ Share Does Not Increase As Price Margins Widen Despite the efficiency of large-scale production, the farmer has continued to get a smaller and smaller share of the consumer’s dollar as monopoly control has increased over the past 25 years. An analysis of figures put out by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics shows that…

Big Business Rules American Agriculture-and Congress Doesn’t Seem to Care By Andrew Schwartz and Ethan Gurwitz Posted on May 16, 2018, 12:01 am https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/news/2018/05/16/450990/big-business-rules-american-agriculture-congress-doesnt-seem-care/ With the Trump administration’s litany of scandals and harmful policy decisions dominating the daily news cycle, recent congressional efforts to reauthorize the Farm Bill have flown under the radar. When the…

Transitioning to more sustainable forms of agriculture remains critical, as many current agriculture practices have serious consequences including deforestation and soil degradation. But despite agriculture’s enormous potential to hurt the environment, it also has enormous potential to heal it. Realizing this, many organizations are promoting regenerative agriculture as a way to not just grow food…

By Lisa Held | 05.17.18 Skilled and affordable food law attorneys are necessary to build sustainable regional food economies. Corbin Hill Food Project founder Dennis Derryck believes that food justice depends on land justice, which is why he’s taking 95 acres of upstate New York farmland his organization owns and “turning it over to the…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | May 16, 2018 New measure will ensure transparency in food systems and generate millions in revenue for local farmers, food-based businesses, and communities CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – Today, the Chicago Food Policy Action Council (CFPAC) applauded the Cook County Board of Commissioners for adopting public policy that will transform the way county…

by Andrew Schwartz and Ethan Gurwitz | May 16, 2018 With the Trump administration’s litany of scandals and harmful policy decisions dominating the daily news cycle, recent congressional efforts to reauthorize the Farm Bill have flown under the radar. When the House Committee on Agriculture passed its version of the bill on a party-line vote…

by Angela Huffman | May 14, 2018 The Department of Justice (DOJ) is expected to approve the merger between Bayer and Monsanto. If that happens, the world’s newest and largest seed and chemical company will have more in common with Facebook and Cambridge Analytica than meets the eye. In recent years, large agrochemical companies, including…

http://wuky.org/post/down-farm-anti-poverty-animal-advocates-fear-effects-farm-bill#stream/0 Down On The Farm: Anti-Poverty, Animal Advocates Fear Effects Of Farm Bill By Josh James • 16 hours ago · Kentucky leaders are touting a landmark attachment to the 2018 Farm Bill opening up the state and the nation to full-scale industrial hemp production, but other provisions in the massive omnibus legislative package have…

by Leah Douglas | May 13, 2018 The USDA issued a preliminary notice Friday that kills a proposed organic checkoff program that would have raised money to fund research and marketing for organic food products. The Agricultural Marketing Service cited “uncertain industry support for and unresolved issues with the proposed program” as its rationale for…

by Kristine Sherred | 05.14.18 When Leslie Fowler asked America’s largest chicken producers to increase their supply of antibiotic-free poultry, they gave her “the Heisman hand” and turned down the chief nutrition and facilities officer for Chicago Public Schools (CPS). But Fowler was on a mission to ensure that the nation’s third largest school system…